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 TREASURY AND P. O. REGULATIONS 515

JOINT REGULATIONS

Governing treatment of letters and packages received in the mails from foreign countries containing or supposed to contain articles prohibited importation by the copyright act of March 4, 1909.

The "Joint regulations governing the treatment of duti- able and supposed dutiable articles received in the mails from foreign countries " are also applicable in the treatment of articles which contain or which are supposed to contain matter prohibited importation by the copyright act, ex- cept as hereinafter modified ;

Unsealed correspondence and packages (registered and unregistered) of all kinds which upon examination prove to contain articles prohibited importation by the copyright act shall be retained by customs officers, who will notify the addressee of the facts of the case. If an application is not made within a reasonable time to the Secretary of the Treasury for permission to return such articles to the coun- try of export, the customs officers shall take appropriate steps to forfeit the articles as provided in section 32 of the copyright act.

Sealed articles supposed to contain matter prohibited importation by the copyright act must be appropriately marked to indicate that fact at the exchange office of re- ceipt. The same conditions shall apply in regard to the marking, opening, and disposition of such sealed articles by the addressee or authorized agent as are required in the case of the opening and treatment of sealed "Supposed liable to customs duty" pieces. If the customs officer finds an article contains matter prohibited importation by the copyright act, he shall notify the addressee of the facts through the postmaster at the office of delivery. If an ap- plication is not then made within a reasonable time to the Secretary of the Treasury for permission to return the arti- cle to the country of export, the customs officer shall take appropriate steps to forfeit the matter as provided in sec- tion 32 of the copyright act.

Receipt should be taken for articles submitted to cus- toms officials as prohibited importation under the copy-